The Best American Poetry 2012, ed. Mark Doty, included Mary Jo Salter’s “The Gods” and Honor Moore’s “Song,” both from The Common Issue 01.
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The Faster Times (2011)
The Faster Times reviews the first issue of The Common, celebrating the magazine as a “place for the placeless.”
NewPages (2014)
NewPages reviews Issue 07, highlighting “lines that prick like needles wedged in the cotton of concrete, everyday objects.”
The Boston Globe (2014)
The Boston Globe highlights The Common in an article about Journal of the Month.
The Best American Essays 2013
The Best American Essays 2013, ed. Cheryl Strayed, named Rolf Potts’ “Tourist Snapshots,” from The Common Issue 03, as a Notable Essay of 2012.
Al-Fadjr (2013)
Al-Fadjr, an Algerian daily, covers The Common‘s growing international presence and work with Arab literature.
Ammoun (2013)
Ammoun, the top news website in Jordan, features The Common‘s collaboration with Hisham Bustani.
The Review Review (2012)
The Review Review interviews editor-in-chief Jennifer Acker on “capturing the essence of somewhere particular.”
New York Book Show (2012)
The 26th Annual New York Book Show recognized The Common Issues 01 and 02, which won a second place literary magazine design award.
The Boston Globe (2011)
The Boston Globe features The Common in “Read Local,” a piece that compares the magazine to farmers’ markets.